Who will Govern YOU?
Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 6, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler
Good morning, Jim. Did you know that most voters did NOT vote in the Primary election? Of Georgia’s 5,048,825 registered voters, only 987,618 voted early or absentee or went to the polls on May 20th. That’s less than 20 percent. But the Primary election isn’t over, yet. There’s a run-off July 22nd in elections where no one got over 50-percent of the vote.
That’s when voters will decide which of two Republicans – Jack Kingston and David Perdue – will run for U.S. Senate to fill the office Senator Chambliss is vacating, and one of them will face Democrat Michelle Nunn in November. For state school superintendent, Republicans will decide between Mike Buck and Richard Woods, one is FOR common core and the other is AGAINST common core. Democrats will decide between Alisha Morgan and Valarie Wilson.
Also on July 22nd, four Georgia House district candidates will be decided. Republicans in House District one will decide between Buddy Carter and Bob Johnson, and Democrats will decide between Brian Reese and Amy Tavis. The run-off in District 10 is between Republicans Mike Collins and Jody Hice; while Bob Barr and Barry Loudermilk are in the run-off for District 11. Three state senate seats are in the run-off. Voters in District 8 will choose between Ellis Black and John Page; District 9 chooses between Mike Beaudreau and P.K. Martin; and in District 16, where seven candidates ran, M.H. Harbin and David Studdard got the most votes, but neither one got 50 percent plus one.
Before deciding which candidate should be elected, you should consider which office they’ll occupy if they win. For example, the candidate who becomes our next U.S. senator will vote YES or NO on international treaties that could allow U.N. interference in U.S. matters. Also, they will confirm or fail to confirm the president’s cabinet appointments and federal court judges, including Justices of the Supreme Court. So, U.S. senators should be strong supporters of the U.S. Constitution, as well as national and state sovereignty.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives (Congress) should be cultural conservatives who protect freedoms affirmed in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, and they must be fiscal conservatives, who will spend our tax dollars wisely. If you know how candidates stand on the Constitution, you’ll know how to vote. That’s extremely important, because the way we’re governed depends on the way we vote. For Georgia Insight I’m Sue Ella Deadwyler, your Capitol correspondent.